Family of Rotary Christmas Breakfast
At the insanely early hour of 7am on Wednesday 18th December, members of all Rotary Clubs in the BVI, Rotaract, Interact and EarlyAct gathered at the Moorings for the traditional Christmas breakfast hosted by the Rotary Club of Road Town . In all some 70+ members of the Rotary family of Clubs, including 22 of our members along with 5 Interact members and 10 members from the Early Act Club of Enis Adams School, as well as spouses and guests enjoyed a meeting of good fellowship and good food, prepared by the Moorings staff. Breakfast included salt fish, eggs, turkey, ham, an assortment of breads and tarts. The Assistant Governor for the BVI Clubs, Delma Maduro presented her Christmas message to the “family” and wished them all a very happy Christmas holiday. The Early Act Club entertained us with a Christmas themed dance, for which they were enthusiastically applauded. Music during the breakfast and fellowship was provided by Glenroy Charles. Our Guest speaker for the occasion was Ms. Janice Nibbs Blyden who amused us all with her recollections of how Christmas was spent in Sea Cows Bay some 50 years ago; the days of preparation; annual painting of houses; the eager anticipation of the children. In a particularly amusing part of her presentation she recalled one of the highlights of the celebrations seemed to be the fact that the men ate pig's testicles as an aphrodisiac and that the proceedings always finished in a fight between the youths of Sea Cow's Bay and the youths of Long Look, which the police would never intervene for fear that both sides would turn on them, the police. As we have in the past, there was a collection for the Moorings staff in appreciation of their service during the year which was made by Rtn Lavina. SAA Ryan wrapped up the meeting with fines and happy dollars and a joke that really didn’t quite make it – really SAA! On the way out, members and guests were given a bag of traditional Christmas goodies. Did you all notice the fancy art work on the programme- well done Sec Richard and Rtn Lavina. Our thanks go to PP Melvin who put all this together in what was a very entertaining family of Rotary Breakfast; thanks Melvin!
